Highlights
BPD awards 3 officers with Women Police of the Year
Photo: (l-r) Myrna Pena, Carmella Cacho, and Shanice Bevans; BPD Female Police of the...
Suicide on the rise!
Photo: Iveth Quintanilla, Mental Health Coordinator
by Charles Gladden
BELMOPAN, Wed. Mar. 20, 2024
Since entering the...
NCA launches 8-year Strategic Plan
by Kristen Ku
BELIZE CITY, Mon. Mar. 18, 2024
Belize’s aging population, which comprised 6% of...
Belize places Top 40 at Miss World 2023
Photo: Elise-Gayonne Vernon, Belizean contestant
by Kristen Ku
BELIZE CITY, Tues. Mar. 12, 2024
22-year-old Elise-Gayonne Vernon...
St. John’s Church Soup Kitchen: A decade of feeding the city’s needy
BELIZE CITY, Tues. Dec. 11, 2018-- This morning, a small group of people gathered outside in the yard of St John’s Church Soup Kitchen,...
Fin Sec says government will not pay CCJ-ordered refund of GST to Gegg companies
BELIZE CITY, Tues. Dec. 4, 2018-- Cruise Solution and Discovery Expedition, tour companies owned by Belizean David Gegg, have had a protracted legal battle...
Garifuna American Belizean pilot flies the F-22
United States Air Force major, Paul “Loco” Lopez II (commander/pilot) is the United States Air Force F-22 Raptor Demonstration Team commander and pilot stationed...
Mayor Wagner represents Belize in Nairobi, Kenya
BELIZE CITY, Mon. Dec. 3, 2018-- Belize City Mayor, Bernard Wagner, represented Belize at the Sustainable Blue Economy Conference, held in Nairobi, Kenya from...
Is Special Agreement Too Vague?
The Hague – November 28, 201-- The general or liberal nature of the definition of the Belize-Guatemala territorial dispute in the December 2008 Special...
Going to the ICJ – Some Procedures
The Hague – November 26, 2018-- Being host to multiple international courts and over 150 international organizations, The Hague - or in Spanish, La...
“Garifuna progress a task for all Garinagu” — Belize City mayor, Bernard Wagner
BELIZE CITY, Thurs. Nov. 22, 2018-- Belize City mayor, His Worship, Mayor Bernard Wagner delivered the keynote address at ceremonies held in Belize City...
Young entrepreneurs showcase products at UB’s Annual Marketing Expo
BELIZE CITY, Wed. Nov. 14, 2018-- The University of Belize held its 11th Annual Marketing Expo at the Civic Center today and the school’s...
UB launches 2 new programs
BELIZE CITY, Fri. Nov. 9, 2018-- Yesterday, Thursday, November 8, the University of Belize (UB) launched two new programs at the Radisson Fort George...
Opposition member’s Private Bill would allow diaspora Belizeans to vote in ICJ referendum
“Once a Belizean, always a Belizean.” — Hon. Kareem Musa
BELIZE CITY, Tues. Nov. 6, 2018-- Due to a technicality in the law governing the...
Wealthy Guatemalans land on private airstrip in Belize
PLACENCIA, Stann Creek District, Mon. Nov. 5, 2018-- Last Thursday, November 1, two high-performance aircraft landed on a private airstrip in Placencia. According to...
Get ready for the 2020 Population and Housing Census
BELIZE CITY, Wed. Oct. 31, 2018-- Every ten years, the Statistical Institute of Belize (SIB) conducts a Population and Housing Census, and the next...
The 2018 State of the World Population Report
BELIZE CITY, Fri. Oct. 26, 2018-- The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) held a media launch today at the Belize Best Western Biltmore Plaza...
A police assault on press freedom inside the Supreme Court
BELIZE CITY, Fri. Oct. 19, 2018-- The imposing woman police corporal stood outside the courtroom door and signaled for me to go outside. Freelance...